Restless Hearts, Relentless God - Introduction : 19 Jan 2012

Tell Me the Story Again!

 When my children were small (4 of them), they loved to hear/read/ watch certain stories over and over again. I would have to talk them into something new. And when I was successful, that new story was repeated over and over again. Not surprisingly, this led to amazing memorization, especially for Austin.

 Wanting to redeem Austin’s love of stories and ability to repeat, verbatim, I began to try to replace his sweet, but silly tales with stories that gave a Scriptural principle or were directly from Scripture. I wanted more than “Pooh and the Blustery Day” to fill his little head. Knowing all the lay ahead of him, all the things of this world that will vie for his heart, I wanted anchors for his heart to find its rest in the Lord–Psalm 2, Psalm 23, John 14.

 As an adult, I am not that different. There are certain stories with which I never tire (you shared yours in your group). In fact, I like to hear/read/ watch them again and again (ad-naseum for Jeff- Jane Austin-ish). Lines from great stories, movies I can quote with a simple cue.

 As God looks at what I am drawn too, I wonder if there are other stories He desires to put before me to anchor my restless heart?

 In these past couple months, as I have read over the passages we are about to study, I know the answer is YES. There is a story God continually puts before me. Looking back it is the same story Has been putting before me since He brought me to Himself. And it didn’t matter whether I was in a season of relative comfort, conflict, confusion, or chaos it anchored my restless heart.